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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 5315855" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>At this point I think there's no reason to think that O'Brien doesn't mean business. His speeches are consistently militant; he's firing shots across the company's bow. There's no harm in taking him seriously, and we would stand to gain plenty if even a fraction of us do. But we have a lot of unpaid work to do to get the scaredy cats and tail-tuckers on board. I tell anyone who will listen at my building: we could wind up with the best contract you could imagine, but it would just be a piece of paper <em>unless you take the time to get a grip on it and have the guts to enforce it</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Plenty of my coworkers want to know when I'm going to become a stew. I say, my goal isn't to become a stew. No, I want you and every other Teamster to be as knowledgeable as a good stew and to be capable of defending yourself against the company at all times. Of course there's a learning curve, but that means less easy shop talk and more real talk. People have to give a damn about a Teamster instead of making idle complaints. I see drivers every day going to the PDS office to discuss their dispatch <em>off-the-clock </em>... imagine if all those wasted hours had been spent discussing <em>our </em>issues, not management's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 5315855, member: 76643"] At this point I think there's no reason to think that O'Brien doesn't mean business. His speeches are consistently militant; he's firing shots across the company's bow. There's no harm in taking him seriously, and we would stand to gain plenty if even a fraction of us do. But we have a lot of unpaid work to do to get the scaredy cats and tail-tuckers on board. I tell anyone who will listen at my building: we could wind up with the best contract you could imagine, but it would just be a piece of paper [I]unless you take the time to get a grip on it and have the guts to enforce it[/I]. Plenty of my coworkers want to know when I'm going to become a stew. I say, my goal isn't to become a stew. No, I want you and every other Teamster to be as knowledgeable as a good stew and to be capable of defending yourself against the company at all times. Of course there's a learning curve, but that means less easy shop talk and more real talk. People have to give a damn about a Teamster instead of making idle complaints. I see drivers every day going to the PDS office to discuss their dispatch [I]off-the-clock [/I]... imagine if all those wasted hours had been spent discussing [I]our [/I]issues, not management's. [/QUOTE]
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